Tier IV Medium Tank Germany

Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. J

Pz. III J

Tank ID 4369

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

Production of the J variant started in March 1941. In addition to the enhanced armor, the vehicle received the new 50-mm KwK 38 gun, which was deemed extremely successful; 1,067 other vehicles featured the KwK 39 gun, the improved version with better penetration rate. An attempt to mount a 75-mm gun (the N variant) was recognized as a failure, and the most large-scale vehicles were the J, L, and M variants (with 50-mm guns that had an impeccable track record). A total of 5,691 vehicles were produced, among which 1,969 were equipped with long-barrel guns and 2,391 with short-barrel 50-mm guns.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

540

Weight

18.8 t

Forward speed

64 km/h

Reverse speed

20 km/h

View range

330 m

Signal range

710 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	50	30	50
Turret	30	30	30

Engine: Maybach HL 120 TRM/J · 470 hp

Radio: FuG 12

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

5 cm Kw.K. 38 L/42 Ausf. J

Calibre 50 mm

Reload time 2.3 s

Aiming time 2.3 s

Dispersion 0.38

Rate of fire 26.09 /min

Ammo capacity 135

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 53 / 70 / 88

Penetration 63 / 84 / 105 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 53 / 70 / 88

Penetration 83 / 110 / 138 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 68 / 90 / 113

Penetration 19 / 25 / 31 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

652

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

948

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

1,224

Approximation based on WN8 expected values — not an official Wargaming figure.

WN8 Expected Values

XVM reference

XVM Expected Values for WN8 calculation (per battle)

Per battle (avg.)

Avg. damage 395

Avg. spotted 1.90

Avg. kills 1.02

Avg. defence 1.16

Exp. win rate 56.53 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

Average across every profile stored on WG-Watch — real battles instead of expected values.

Win rate

59.07 %

Avg. WN8

2,302

Battles

32,468

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 6 of 57 at Tier IV

Best players on this tank

By WN8

From the stored profiles, minimum 50 battles on this vehicle. Updated daily.

#	Player	WN8	Battles	Win rate
1	PeterLustig79 eu	8,345	3,471	78.33 %
2	TANK_B_KYCTAX_ZAXBATYUK eu	7,283	758	95.25 %
3	Cdr_Smudge eu	6,123	2,868	92.61 %
4	plmarian eu	5,330	50	62.00 %
5	_Caccia eu	3,894	108	63.89 %
6	Brotis na	3,360	66	74.24 %
7	SmellyTheKid na	3,294	103	55.34 %
8	grego34 na	3,212	508	49.21 %
9	m00h eu	2,850	194	69.07 %
10	Pman eu	2,604	52	55.77 %